My name is Hikaru. It had been the perfect summer and only four weeks until summer break ended. I’d be starting my last year at Futagawa Academy. Everything went smoothly. Until it didn’t. Screeeeeeech, THUD, CRRASSSH My entire world literally flipped upside down as I tumbled in the passenger seat of the taxi I had been taking home. All I could see or feel was pain. And then black nothing. My eyes awoke to a private hospital room, the window open to let in a cool breeze. I made out the fuzzy outlines of a nurse and the silhouette of my mother, sitting in a chair by my bed side, her head resting as she slept. I recognized that I had been in a car crash but didn’t know how bad it had been. My mom must have kept a vigil over me, not leaving my side. I smiled, appreciating the thought. Perhaps I should tell her that I’m awake now?